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?P' J . \ ' ;'Z' The Abbeville Press and Banner. J BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1904. ESTABLISHED 1844? THE EVENING And Some Remarks on the Pre Associati '"he latest venture in daily journal- mo is.- in this State is the Newberry ed< Evt ling Telegram by E. H. Aull, M. who for many years has been the bee efficlt it and popular president of fait 'he Stf te Press Association. The pa- pui 4 r isa^ood one, and will fill a good bro - - - ? ? I i place iu the social and business woriu i uui ofXewbeiry. The work of publishing oct a daily paper is hard, hut we presume hop the editor will be equal to the task, her and that t' e Telegram will be a wel- the come guestcat mauy firesides of the enterprising tcwn of Its nativity. of I _ i \ We copy from the Telegram, the program for the approaching meeting | of the State Press Association. It o w occurs this year at White Stone Lithia Springs in Spartanburg County, Aug. w'^ 12-14. As we may not be there, we say our say now on the subject upon v. which papers will be read. Ad _ /Th' Mr. Charles Petty, one of the oldest At* as well as one of the best men in the j profession in South Carolina, and who W0I illustrates in his character and in his ha\ writing, the fact that a man may be but a gentleman though an editor, will abi( deliver the address of weicome. Mr. 0fr T. Y. Harris, the biggest hearted host ver in all America, will deliver the wel- Th< come. At the right time he will fill me the brethren to the neck, and then the tuck them away in the cleanest beds ma in the airiest rooms. hie The first paper is : ,, ' The Advertising Agent," by A. G. ^ Kollock of the Darlington News. Webelifeveas a rule that so-called ^ advertising agents are the greatest ^ enemies of the country newspapers, giv and newspapers should have very ma] little to do with them. These agents | tke generally want much for little, and|ma make such exacting terms that the j traditional Philadelphia lawyer would j " fiud difficulty in complying with-be. them. A notable exception is August; Kohn of Columbia. He deals fairly and squarely, and we are always glad M to receive his orders. To "The Job Office in Conjunction with abo a Country Newspaper."?A. W. Knight der of the Bamberg Herald. oft After having some experience with ^ov both job printing and publishing a ^oi newspaper, we think it inadvisable ene for the average editor to embark in the 9Pe job printing business. Reasons. 1. Een Competition is strong. 2. Prices so ove low that there is doubtful profit. 3. 8im The cost of a suitable plant is great. c^a 4. The investment once made is gone. crol 5. Second hand printing material, f? ^ no matter how good, has next to no ^ * market value, if it bas to be sold. We cou do not see how a job office costing less ren than $5,000 to $8,000 can pay. An an(^ editor having that much money had a'?j better invest it in something else. A ^ good printer can make more money by ^ai' - - - ? ... n?ti taKing cnajge 01 an omce lor an inaiscreet editor who has made a bad investment, than he can by runuiog a a e little office of his own. 1 ia mei "Ethics of Journalism," by Paul M. to t Brice of the Columbia Record." ma This is a big subject, aud covers a as 1 wide field. We do not see why the tho ethics of journalism should be different was ^ ' from the rules wbicb usually govern "d< gentlemen in the ordinary walks of anc life. A man may be a gentleman or though an editor. And ev,en if an mn editor be not a gentleman, he should S f assume the manners of a gentleman. at^ An editor's action is before the world, scr 1 where no concealments are possible, the [ as in other pursuits. His action should va' therefore, if not from sincere and hon- cas I est convictions, be governed by the ^a' policy which the right principle would PaI a suggest. ' lesf 1 "Newspapers and Morality." J. T. Dri Bigham of the Chester Lautern. pat We assume that Mr. Bigham will at the least come near the borderland of mak- pai ing a deliverence on the subject of iDg vulgarity or the use of language of I doubtful propriety. We would repeat a circumstance. Away back in the fifties a good woman of Xewberry, gave her C ( editor husband, who was as good a man as you could find in a day's jour- e(* ney, a lecture in our presence. She - said in substance : ".Profanity might ^ plead excuse in provocation under we trying circumstances, but for vulgarity tru ! there was no excuse. Profanity might come from hot blood and quick tem- me per, but vulgarity was a cold blooded ne and deliberate offense to decency. | Publish profanity, if you will, but pa| never print vulgarity or words that ^or ijj suggest unutterable thoughts." We were so impressed by that speech, that ' i in a career of more than forty years in W , . . coi the newspaper business, we have never knowingly printed a vulgar 3 sentence or a word that was intended f, to suggest unutterable things. The m(: I good woman who is respousibie for pe< | printing that lesson on the mind of a $ boy is stil/. living, and the boy whose SC life she iDflenced will honor and re- ne COI spect her as long as he lives. In her I TELEGRAM, )gram of the State Press on. >de9t way she ha9 no doubt influencjthers. Her husbaud, Judge James Crossou of Woodville, Texa9, has n for forty years, a useful and a hful worker in the cause of that ity of culture which teaches the therhood of man and the father)d of God. This old couple are ogenarians now, happy in life and >efully trusting chat they may i/:it a crown and a better life when y shall have quit this world. Fraternity," by John Bell Towill :he Batesville Advocate. Ve hardly know what ie in the cid of this essayist, and we have n less idea of what tnay be in our u mind on this subject. Mr. To1 has giveu us *uch a small peg on ich to hang our hat that we "pass." The Necessity of Having Fixed evertising Rates, and Standing to em." R. L. Freeman, Pee Dee vocate, Bennettsville. n our own experience our testimony uld be that the printers at Abbeville re fixed a rate bo low that nobody "religious" or other unconscioni agencies would ask a reduction ates. For other than transient adtisements we have a flat rate. i people are pleased with fair treatut and, while the profit is small, increased amount of business kes advertising reasonably profitaTbe Main Points of Excellence in a wspaper, aud how to make it Endining and Instructive." Gen R. Hemphill, Abbeville Medium." ren. Hemphill exemplifies the infining points in his own paper by ing names and writing of local tters. His fund of information on war and other historical facts ke it instructive. Can the Average Country Weekly Published at a Profit at One Dollar fear?" A. B. Gordon, Herald, lion. 'r.Gordon has asked a hard question, make money in such an office is ut the hardest job that could be untaken. Editors, like preachers, too ;n fail to get rich. Their callings, vever are not totally different. If the d picksoutagood man with ability, rgy and character to go into his cial line of activity that servant is erally heard from again, but if an rruling providence should call on a pie minded person of doubtful racter to work in his vineyard a n f>f small OTAnpa miarhf- ho ovnonloH r vither on the vine. In like manner ;be wrong man should get into a nty newspaper the people would der a verdict according to the energy i the ability that was exercised jg the printing line. he subscription price of the great lies, as well as of all other publions that take advertising, is a tter of the greatest concern, and cts publications more seriously n most of us would admit. Old u, whether editors or not, are slow ulopt new methods. And this rerk applies as well as to this editor 0 other editors. For years we have ught that a low priced subscription j suicidal. But we are now at jubting castle." The world moves 1 we older men must see new things be left in the lurch by younger and re progressive men. ome of the magazines that take /ertisements are furnished to subibers at nominal prices. Some of ureat weeklies will give premiums ued at somethiug like the actual h subscription price. Some of tbe ly newspapers furnish the printed )er at a price which we presume is ) than thecostof the wbite paper, 'be object of the cheap subscription ce is to secure a larger advertising ronage. liut some editors stick to i oid plan of making subscribers { at least a part of the cost of print* THE OLD AND NEW METHODS. Tbe tendency of the times is toward ;ap publications, and the progressive riness world is today more impresswith the necessity, or tbe advane of advertising, than ever before, bile some men succeed reasonably 11 without advertising, yet it is e that no great success has ever been ninpfl tuifhnnf A WW .. .vux/uv UUYCUIOIU^. XXJLiU n who pay for advertising in the kvspapers never paid as much atition to the circulation of the pers. The demand of advertisers readers must be met. The papers ist have readers to be valuable to 3 business man. For this season > are almost persuaded that the anty newspapers will have to have >re readers. To secure more readers } county papers must publish >re local news. This editor excts to live to see the day when a e breakfast will be furnished at the 100I house to such children as may ed or desire it, and we expect to see anty newspapers piiblished at al most no price at all. In the effori directed toward making the papei valuable to advertisers the printers ir Charleston and in Atlanta may ht cited when reference Is had to eithej the circulation or the volume of abvertising business. The sub scripfion price until recently in one city was double the subscription price in the other. The result is that the cheaper priced j. ;.pers are doing an unprecedented amount of business. Whether the larger amount of business is profitable remains to be seen. A KULE THAT DOESN'T WORK BOTH WAYS. Wh ile it is not the business of this Association to discuss the daily newspapers, yet on the principle that a cat may look at a queen, we would make a remark or two. After disavowing any intention to intermeddle, tfe would call attentiou to a rule that doesn't work both ways. The country newspaper claims the smallness of its field as a reason for its higher price. The daily newspapers, with a local field, charge much less than the daily in a great city, with many counties and a wnole State as its field. "Newspapers as Lawmakers." R. T. Jaynes, Keowee (jourier, vvainaJia." We do not see how newspapers may be lawmakers, except on the idea that the hand that rocks the cradle ruleB the world. As a baeheelor is like a blank sheet of paper, not even ruled, we do not see how a newspaper may make laws. Newspapers excite public sentiment and urge the people along the lines on which tbey are inclined. But when a newspaper starts out along new lines in which the people are not already interested, it will have a hard fight without other result than to convince the people that it is some tning or a lunatic. An editor snouia never forget that what he writes is for public sorutiny, and he shonld not Jose sight of the fact that the public cannot be deceived as to his sincerity or insincerity. It is better, therefore, for him to speak his true sentiments or keep silent. An editor may turn the light into dark places and bring about needed reforms by the exacting public sentiment which had been lying dormant, or which needed only a little effort to develop, but when he runs county to public Sentiment he is trying to swim up stream. "Voting Contests, Gift Propositions, etc. Do They Pay?" C. W. Wolfe, Kingstree Record. This subject knocks us clear out of the box. And we are struck dumb. We know nothing of the subject. We have had no experience on our own account, but we have been told that our good friend John C. Baily of Greenville, tried the plan of giving gifts to those subscribers to hiB paper who might guess the number of seeds in a bottle. He had, so the story goe9, fairly good results. The Mountaineer's competitors, the Greenville News, had no foolishness about the matter, but was in dead earness in its efforts to increase circulation. An active agent was hired, and by personal appeal to people on the farms a wonderfnl success was secured. POLICE ARRESTED SALVATION LASSES. aiembarti of Army Snug While In Cell* and Other Prltoners Joined Them. Special to The State. Charleston, June 19.?The lobby and cells of the station house filled and echoed this afternoon with gospel hymns as a result of the arrest of a half dozen Salvation Army lasses for conducting a meeting on American street without having procured a permit to do so. The women were not aware of the ordinance on the subject and when they raised the hymn a zealous police officer rounded up the bunch and sent them in. As the patrol wagon rolled into the station house the lasses sang out and many of the prisoners in the cells joined in the chorus and the station house was temporarily converted into a gospel meeting house. It was all too much for the Charleston police officer and shortly after the Salvation Army people had come in they were ordered to be discharged by Maj. Boyle, the charge being withdrawn on account of their ignorance oi tne law. HAVE YOU A COUGH ? A dose of Ballard's Horebound Syrup will relieve It. Have vou a cold ? AdoseofHerblne at bed time aid frequent small doses of Horebound Syrup during the day will remove It. Try It for whooping cough, for asthma, for consumplom, for bronchitis. Mrs. Joe McGratb,327 E. lsj street. Hutchinson, Kan., writes: "I have used Ballard's Horehound Syrup In my family for five years, and And It the best and most, palatable medicine I ever used." 25c, 50c, S1.00, Sold by C. A. Alllford. We are carrying a big- line of summer footwear for ladies,gentlemen and children. Our line of oxfords are very latest designs in up-to-date shoe making. They are all solid and the best money can buy. We guarantee satisfaction or your money back. P. Rosenberg & Co. t THE COTTON STALK WEEVIL. r . > Director Bnner Nays the Matter In > Mnch Overdrnwu, r The " cotton staik weevil," a new ; insect which has made its appearance | in Georgia and is almost as dangerous as the boll weevil, according to the J Augusta Chronicle, does not exist in ; this State, so far as Section Director ; Bauer is informed and believes. Mr. Bauer was shown this clipping from the Augusta paper Friday: " A new insect, known as the cotton i stalk weevil, has made its appearanc in Georgia and is raising havoc with the young cotton in Terrell county. State Entomologist Willmon Newell has just returned from Dawson, where he made a thorough exomination of the weevil and its work, and he is now arranging for a treatment of the cotton plants which have been attacked by the insect and for a remedy that will completely destroy it. " The insect attacks the stem or the stalk of the cotton and nearly every plant attacked dies very shortly afterwards. The farmers in Terrell county are very much alarmed over the appearance of the new kind of bug. Entomologist Newell states that he has never seen or heard of such an insect before. " The bug is almost as dangerous as the boll weevil, as it destroys the stalks of the cotton before the boll weevil appears. If the insect should scatter over the State as fast as it is scattering in Terrell county it will be a serious thing for the farmers to contend with thi9 year, and tbe cotton crop in Georgia win oe materially snonenea. " Entomologist Newell says he will exert every effort to destroy the insect before it makes a spread of the State. He does not think that tbe boll weevil has as yet made its appearance in Georgia, but he regards tbe new insect which has appeared and which attacks young cotton stalks as a very dangerous factor and he is anxious to get rid of it as soon as possible." Mr. Bauer thought after reading the clipping that about the only thing that could be calmly reported as having been discovered was an excited imagination of another Georgie newspaper reporter. He was of the opinoin that the Georgia State entomologist's estimate of the.importance of the subject had been very materially changed anH nnlnrpri nlmnaf hpvnnH tion after percolating through the brain of the newspaper man. "Never heard of such an insect," Mr. Bauer said. " There is none such in this State, 'so far as I have been informed; and I don't believe it exists in Georgia. " It will propably end like my 'new' hickory nut insect ended this week. A correspondent in Charleston reported the appearance there of a new insect which he thought would eventually put the hickory nut out of business. I wrote him to hold his base while he sent me up some specimens of these terrible pests. I forwarded them to Clemson and have just received a formq 1 ronnrf frnm that Snatitntinn tn f hp effect that our new insect was a very old and very common iusect indeed and to dismiss any harassing fear I or my correspondent might have regarding the future of the hickory nut crop." ALFALFA OR SPANISH LUCERNE. In writing about alfalfa we feel called upon to explain to those who do not know that this forage plant is more commonly known in this section as lucerne, and as it has been grown in different portions of the country it is not altogether unknown to many of our farmers. This plant has recently been attracting considerably more attention among the farmers of some of the Southern States than it has' for some years past. Its value as a hay crop, and its superiority over other grasses has been fully demonstrated at several experiment stations where tests have been made, as will been seen by the following account; "Under direction of J. F. Duggar, of the Alabama Experiment Station, at Uniontown, Ala., experiments in raising alfalfa were made last year. The seed was sown broadcast March 20, 1903. Three cuttings were made up to September 3, when drought interfered and rendered a fourth cutting impossible. "Each cutting of hay required only one day in curing. It was then regarded by Mr. Richeson, who was iu charge of the work, as dry enough to /\ma < n fU rt t .n ?>r% titU AM/v if TII l f W SlUIC 1U L1JC UUIU, >Y L1C1C 11 iXCpi ? 1 L LJ out moulding. This shows a yield of more than four tons of bay per acre when stored. It would probably not be safe to regard this as thoro?ighry cured hay, suitable for storing in large masses. If, to be thoroughly conservative, we assume that a further drying out to the extent of twenty-five per cent, after being placed in the barn, would be necessary before we could regard this as thoroughly cured hay, we should still have a yield of more than three tons per acre. "Alfalfa stands higher than any other forage plant as a sourceof wealth for the regions to which it is adapted. It prefers a lime soil and is especially adapted to the better grades of lands throughout the Canebrake. It has wonderful possibilities as a hay plant for this reason. Its hay has a recognized place in the larger markets. The yield is greater than Johnson grass on lands to which it is adapted. It affords a hay that is unsurpassed in nutritive qualities, and that is capable of 8ustainiug farm teams without a traction ox tne usual ration or corn. . We can not too strongly advise that at least enough alfalfa besown this spring on every Canebrake farm to afford a supply of hay for the teams. By devoting a few acres of suitable laud to ! this crop, the area of corn necessary ' to feed the teams will be reduced in two ways; First, by the smaller amount of corn which it will be necessary to feed when alfalfa hay constitutes the forage; second, by the increased yield of corn per acre that results when the blades are left on the stalks, Instead of being pulled for fodder. "Alfalfa is capable of becoming the foundation for stock raising in this part of the State. It makes excellent and safe pasturage for hogs and horses and mules, and no better food for wintering or fattening cattle can be had ' than alfalfa bay. Guard within your yourself that treasure, kindness. Remember Mother, Boy*. How the chirp of that lonely cricket brings to mind the dear old home,? yes, years and years ago, we are afraid to say how many?when the breezes crept in under the low hanging branches and the graceful elm swept the roof of the old home a loving embrace, when the odor of phlox and tuberoses was wafted in from the garden. We remember the deep dark shadow under the rough old oak, and the ruddy lights the red curtained windows; the pleasant rooms, the books, the music, and?mother. Do you remember mother? It is your mother we mean. The mother who laughed over our baby antics, grew proud of our boyish triumphs, hid her sad heart beats when we left the home fold to win our way in the world, the mother whose hair grew gray in her care for us, whose heart grew humble by the multitude of her prayers in our behalf; whose face grew more tender as the years marked their progress upon her cheeks, whose steps faltered and whose hands trembled because her bouyancy bad been given freely in our behalf. The mother who staid in the old home while we were far away. The mother bird in the nest after the fledgling had flown. There came at last a letter to us in another hand, and dear old mother was at rest. Then we went home, but U a aM f i rv? a am a tt? n n /vam r. ^awa?*aw luC \Ji\JL lllUIC UWUiO wao ^uuc lUlCVCl. Ah, we know, how trivial everything then seemed beside mother's love. We know how a kind word of old would have cheered her heart. We know how the business cares crowded out the home letters; and how mother watched and waited for the tardy missive. We know how her heart bled for an old time caress, and how she went to rest with a prayer on her lips for you. And now it is too late, and the'crickets play their lonesome melody, while a white stone in "God's Acre" marks where mother rests after her work is done. Remember mother, boys, before it is too late?we have yet time to show our appreciation of her loye. See her hair, it is as white as snow, and it has been bleached by care of us. Watch her steps how they fal ter. Cherish her. Show her your love. Court her as you would a sweetheart, if you would make her happy. All too soon this mother will be gone, and then God grant the cricket song * I 1 I ! l_ 1 1 i. "1 1 win ujung us uaugm uui niou memories. Constipated Homc?. The best thing that could happen to the average home is to get rid of about half ihe stuffit contains. People keep buying new stuff, bringing it into the house, shoving the old stuff aside, allowing corners and cupborads, attic and basement, to become congested with a lot of old clutter that is of no use to any one, but forms a hiding-place for vermin and a breeding-place for all sorts of germs. Constipated?that is what is the matter with such homes. What they need is a dose of physic. If the right sort of a burglarJ,could enter such a house, back up a two-horse wagon in front, and haul off a few wagon-loads of this useless stuff, the people in the house would not be the losers, but the gainers. It is very easy to buy something and bring it home, but it is not quite so easy to get rid of it afterwards. So t'ho ofiiff L*oona anr-nnmlatinrr Phypq UUO ClkUll U.V. V> pkj UVl'UUiUlUblU^! aod half-filled empty bottles, chests stuffed full of half- worn clothing, old rags, shelves piled up with miscellaneous matter hardly fit for use and yet too good to throw away, closets hung full of this and that. And so it is from basement to attic, wads of worthless rubbish, piles of paltry belougings, which attract dirt, which hold dirt, which vegetate dirt, and finally degenerate and crumble away into the dirtiest kind of dirt. What such homes need is a thorough physic, a drastic cathartic. If some gang of pillagers or horde of marauders would only come and pull out, kick loose, tear down, all this superfluous trash, then all might go well for a time. But no such relief will come. We must look in some other direction for help. The habits of the home should guard against household constipation. The first move should be made by the wife, to whom the following advice is submitted: ? Call the junkman to your home tomorrow. Persuade yonr husband to stay at home with you all day. Go over the house from top to bottom. Take away all superfluous stufF-chairs. benches, boxes, bottles, papers, old magazines, old clothing, worthless books, everything that is not needed. Trim it down close. The more you get rid of, the better you will be off. Make clean every vacant place that is left by the absence of these thing9. Put on a coat of paint or varnish or whitewash. Something or other to take the place of the confusion.?The Evangelical. Hi* Contribution. Professor Blackie told the following story on himself. He was accosted by a dirty little bootblack with his;'8hine your boots sir?" The professor was impressed by the filthiness of the boy's face. "I don't want a shine, my lad, said he. "But if vou co and wash your face, I'll give you sixpence." "A'richt, sir," was the lad's reply. Then he went over to a neighboring fountain and made his ablutions. Returning, he held out his hand for the money. "Well, my lad," said the professor. "You have earned your sixpence! Here in is." "I dinna want it, auld chap," returued the boy, with a lordly air. "Ye can keep it an' get yere haircut." ACUTE RHEUMATISM. Deep tearing or wrenching pains, occasioned by getting wet through ; worse when at rest, orou flrnt moving tbe^tnbs and in cold weather, is cured quickly by Ballard's Snow Liniment. Oscar Olesow', (jtbson City, Illinois, writes, Feb. 10,1902i' !>A year sgo I was troubled with a pain in jay back. It soon got so bad I could not berfd over. One bottle of Rullard's Snow Liniment cured me." 25c, 50c, 31.00. Sold by C. A. Mllford. He has said that we shall be with Him where He is. The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the balance. The Bank*. ] Laurens Advertiser. The banking facilites of Laurens are equal to that of any other town of its size in the State, and yet the deposits ^ and business done is less than that 1 done in some other towns of its class. ? This is not because the county is d poorer, for the people of Laurens County are more prosperous than the 1 average; but because our rural popula- a tion, who can use banks to the advant- 8 age; fail to appreciate that advantage. d The man who holds a certificate of stock in a bank can carry his "in dorser in his pocket", and the capital ? so invested is making the owner money while he sleeps. No conservative business man, be he merchant or farmer, needs all his a money in his business all the time, li and every hustling business man has s to borrow some money now and then, otherwisw he is bound to htwe some a idle capital on his bands, and the most u desirable collateral is good bank stock, g We have banks enough in this town & bul why not increase their capital stock and get every man in the county to take at least one share, and show to ' him that the bank is a safe place to 1 keep his money as well as a good ? place from which to borrow when he d ueeds it. Don't think because the deposit is f small the banks do not wish to take care of it for you. Five dollar accounts, when the money is left in bank for two or three months, are more attractive tban larger ones, t* where it is almost immediately ? checked out. t Only a little while ago The Adver- ? tiser printed a story where J an old negro woman, who lives in y sight of this office, had $70 in bills <j burned up in her clothes, and only a {, few weeks have passed since a house a was burned in Laurens, and a trunk . containing over $100 was entirely consumed. Had this money been in [ bank it would not have been lost. I There is no risk in depositing your money in a home bank. There has not been a loss to a depositor in South Carolina since the days of "wild cat" hankp in the '70s. t Livloic Expenses of Families. A bank in Chicago has forbidden i those of its employees to marry who ' have less than a thousand a year to live on. The bank presumably thinks * there will pe unusual temptations to dishonesty on the part ot employees f who must keek up a family on less < than one thousand dollars. The average annual earnings of a citizen of the ^ republic is said to be about three hundred and sixty-five dollars. If one thousand dollars a year should be the required earning capacity of a pro spective husband, bachelor maids and bachelor men would be the rule | rather than the exception. There are people who are too poor to marry, and who would do well to remain U LlLLlttl 11CU, UUU auLUC UUUUUIEO UDTD even undertaken to set up certain financial requisites to the connubial condition, but this country will not likely do so. . A certain popular magazine published a few years since a series of articles on how to keep house on various amount a year. The first article told hew to run the household on twenty-five thousand a year, and the others were graded down until the last actually condescended to tell the readers how to keep house on the paltry sum of twelve hundred a year ! Which, one would think was quite below the average expense of living of its readers! Yet it is safe to say more than half its readers live on eight hundred or less a year. But in Vanity Fair it does not appear well to give countenance to the needs of ones poor kin, nor even recognize their existence. May the bank prosper and may the magazine learn to deal 1 honestly with the needs of its readers. J Meanwhile we are glad that the e averag citizen of the United States can F suport a family on three hundred and 1 sixty-five dollars a year. In doing so 1 he is faring sumptuously as compared 1 with the masses in the European c countries, from whose upperclasses 1( certain Americans have imported sonbbery. 8 ?: m I m - o Tbe SfoHlem Girl. When she is twelve or four teen the d iMosiem girl comes to Knowsne is oeautiful, though she does not marry at the t early age of the Hindoo girl. She b counts the saris and Cholis and sighs t for fringes of pearls and modern dia- t mond earrings she sees the friends of fi her mother wear. In her rose colored p veil and gold spots is the prettiest y picture you ever saw. With gazelle u eyes aud Asiatic graoe she is full of ar- v dor and naivete at thesame time. She v runs like a fawn at the approaoh of a a stranger, but when unobserved her p laughter rings through the house, and a the instinctive coquetry of her smiles shows that the purdah is a necessity, s ?Everybody's Magazine. i: o NERVEOUS DYSPEPSIA CURED BY RY- n DALE'S STOMACH TABLETS. / Mr. R. E. Jones, buyer for Parker & Brldeet, t whose large department stores are located at q 9tb and Penn. Ave. Washington, D. C., writes, f under date of April 14, 'W. as follows: Last l| February, one year, while In New York on tl business lor my bouse, I cougbt a severe cold, a wblcb laid me up for several weeks and left h me weak and nerveous. I bad little or no D appetite, and my digestion was very poor. My pbyslclan could not get at the cause of j| my trouble, as my digestion seemed so much Impaired. I decided to try Rydale's Stomach 11 Tablets, beln;: assured by a friend, they were a a good dyspepsia medicine. After using tbem for a few days, I began to realize that I was getting better. I gave up the doctor's pres- 8 crlptlon and have gained 20 pounds while o using two boxes of these tablets. I never felt better In my life, and accredit Rydale's Stom- . acb Tablets with having cured me. I can 11 recomend them, most heartily, to sufferers c from nervous Indigestion and general rundown conditions of the system. C. A. Mil- . ford. u >'OtlC*. * e I will be at Abbeville on first Monday of s< each month and two weeks following lor the _ purpone of treating Hemorrhoids (Files.) Treatment consists In purely aseptic methods & Is painless and without the use of chloroform and the knife. Cure guaranteed. All parties t: Interested will find me at the Glenn Ethel Inn Hotel, Abbeville, S. C., or Dr. B. A. ilattl- e son. McCormlck, S. C. tl Office hours from 10 A. M. till 3 P. M. on above mentioned days. Jno. B. Brltt, M. D. When In the city be sure to call at the Furniture store of the Kerr Furniture Co. There you will find the largest and most up to date stock of Furniture and house Furnishings In upper Carolina. If there Is anything you want in drugs, stationery, tablets and oils, don't pass us by. Hpeed's Drug Store, 2X-SENAT0E M'LADEIN MAT 1 ENTER RACE. B?nnettsville, June 17.?Ex-United if, States Senator J. L. McLaurin, of this own, is being urged by his friends to nter the congressional race in the sixth -T| listrict. He has received several telejams and letters today from friends ^ the district asking him to file bis nnouncement. He is seriously conidering the situation and bis candi- ' ;acy is almost a certainty. We nhould be careful lest we have a . 1 arge Bible for quotations and a very mall one for practice. If any of you lack wisdom, let him 5 ^ sk of God, that giveth to all men iberally, and upbraideth not; and it ball be given him. Don't get too many irons in the .fire t once. Concentration of energypon one point will bring greater re- $ ults in a month, than will a year of cattered energy. Our trials are but the discipline irough which we must pass in order bat may one day be prepared ;;to ' ? tand in his presence and do his bid ' la ing throughout eternity. Jjm He who is occupied in doing good ulfills the highest dutv to mankind. 9 THAT TIRED FEELING! If you are laDeuid, depressed and Incapable ar work. It Indicates that your liver is out of rder. Herbine will assist nature to throw off eadaches, rheumatism and ailments akin u. ?? o nerveonsness a ink-restore the energies and M lt?ll*?9 1 1*<1 T -r I ' tiKwibj \ji nuuuu pcricct ucuiiu, j. j. ./: pu lubbard, Tempi&, Tfcxas, writes, March 22, "Ki 902: "I bave uhmI ntoibloe for the past two ^ ears. It ha? done^ne more good than all the octors. Wben I feel bad and have that tired rfffl BellDg, I take a dose of Herblne. It lathe V,;i est medicine ever m&de for chills and fever." Dots a bottle. Sold by C. A. Mllford. R1D4LFJ IONIC A New Sctenll/!c DSsccvcry fcr ihc and NERVES. It purifies lite 1>liM by eliminating <be vast*.- matter and oilier impurities ami by lestroyint; the fjerms or nuVrobi-s llial vr)| nfest the l>!i>o<l. li h?ii;fl" u;i llie blood "it 5 jy reconstructing and nMltinlyinjj (he red yu lorpusolts, muloiig the blood rich ami red ' . t restores and stimulates 'the nerves, ,*-^S :ausing n lull free l!'?v of nerve lorct . 'i$tt hfoughout the entire nervt: system. It \ peedily cures unntriMijj nerves. nervous* iess. nervous prostration. ami all other liseases of Hie nervous i vstciii. K\ DAi.l'.S TONIC is sold under a postive guarantee. Tria?size 5C ccnS. Fa?r.it> s\rv. MANUFACTURED 11V rhe Radical Remedy Company, HICKORY*. N. C. C. A. MILFORD. ? ;tl COUNTY MUTUAL II Mill 3 OF AMERICA. ~T : Ifl Abbeville Division. Abbeville, S. C. IT 18 WITH PLEASURE WE ? 4 announce the fact that we have tfected arrangements by which we are >repared to conduct the business of he "County Mutual Benefit Associa- , ion of America" in Abbeville Couny, independent of the Parent Asso iation whose headquarters are at Unon, S. C. The purpose of the Association is to ecure to the family of each member f the same who may die, one dollar or every member belonging to the Asociation at the time of his or her eath. ^ The idea in extenso is to take one housand persons, men and women, iind them together in a business way o help each other in time of need and rouble. It la more like a familv af air than anythingjelse. You only >ay when one dies. If you join now our first payment of $3.50 pays you ip until first of January, 1905, unless ye lose one of our members, when you rould be called on to pay one dollar nd ten cents to replace the amount aid out on account of the death claim nd expenses. It is unquestionably the cheapest inurance khown of. You are receiving sure nee at actual cost. Any white person? between the ages f eighteen and fifty-five, male or feuale, may become a member of the association until the number of one hcusand be reached; after that no ne over thirty can get in, and he only o replace a deceased member. If, berefore, you are over thirty years of ge this is the only chance you will iave of joining. You owe it to your family, you owe i to yourself to provide something for heir protection in case you are taken way from them. Consider the matter, examine and tudy our plan, act promptly and let ur agents write you up at once. Remember that this is purely a home astitutiou ; the money to pay death laims is in the bank at this place, beag always collected in advance of a eath ; the claim paid immediately on otice of death of the member; no raiting sixty or ninety days, with " ver so much "red tape" to be oberved in order to collect a death claim -and that the officers of Ihe company re your own people. If tbere is auy additional informaion as to the plan desired, call on ither of the undersigned or any of iie company's agents and they will ike pleasure in explaining the same. II. E. HILL, President. W. T. BRADLEY, ? ; Treasurer. Abbeville, 8. C., May IS, 1904. ~ I ? 'Wa